General Computer Test - 30

 

1. The connection where wires are attached to a modem, serial printer in

(a)    serial communication

(b)    serial port

(c)     stake

(d)    network

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

2. Which of the following is the most important part of a computer?

(a)    Keyboard

(b)    Memory unit

(c)     Register unit

(d)    CPU

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

3. Which of the following of is an impact printer?

(a)    (a)Daisy wheel 

(b)    Ink-jet printer

(c)     Plotter

(d)    Laser printer

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

4. A binary digit, which can have a value of 0 to 1 is

(a)    byte

(b)    bit

(c)     decimal

(d)    octal

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

5. COBOL is a

(a)    assembly language

(b)    machine language

(c)     high level

(d)    low level language

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

6.  The symbols used in an assembly language are

(a)    codes

(b)    mnemonics

(c)     assembler

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

7.  The most important output device in a computer system is

(a) CPU

(a)    (b) magnetic disk

(b)    hard-copy device

(c)     card punch

(d)    None of these

Ans : (c)

8.  Which of the following programs give instructions about operations inside the computer?

(a)    system

(b)    Application

(c)     Utility

(d)    Compiler

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

9. Which of the following is (are) secondary memory(ies)?

(a)    Magnetic tape

(b)    Floppy disk

(c)     Cassette tape

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

10. Most of the computers available today are known as

(a)    3rd generation computers

(b)    4th generation computers

(c)     5th generation computers

(d)    6th generation computers

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

11. Which of the following is used as “Input device” for the computer?

(a)    Printer        

(b)    VDU

(c)     TV

(d)    Light pen

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

12. What differences does the 5th generation computers have from other generation computers?

(a)    Technological advancement

(a)    (b)Scientific code

(b)    Object Oriented Programming

(c)     All of these

(d)    (e)None of these

An s : (a)

13. A path linking 2 hardware or tele- communication units down which data and control signals can be transmitted is

(a)    modulation

(b)    demodulation

(c)     channel

(d)    signaling

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

14. The first generation of computers available was based on the bit micro processors are

(a)    4

(b)    8

(c)     16

(d)    64

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

15. A generalised software package produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing users is known as

(a)    utility programs

(b)    system software

(c)     operating system

(d)    application package

(e)    None of these

An s : (d)

16. Codes consisting of light and dark marks which may be optically read is known as

(a)    mnemonics

(b)    bar code

(c)     decoder      

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

17. The main computer in a network is called

(a)    host processor

(a)    (b)front-end processor

(b)    commentator

(c)     KIPS

(d)    None of these

Ans : (a)

18. A compiler means

(a)    a person who compiles source programs

(b)    the same thing as a programmer

(c)     keypunch operator

(d)    a program which translates source program into object program

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

19. Which of the following language is more suited to a structured program?

(a)    PU1             

(b)    FORTRAN

(c)     BASIC

(d)    PASCAL

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

20. Which of the following language is not well suited for computation?

(a)    PASCAL

(b)    FORTRAN

(c)     Machine

(d)    C

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

21. Which of the following languages is not well suited for business applications?

(a)    PL/1

(b)    Assembly

(c)     COBOL

(d)    APL

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

22. A disk with usable recording surfaces on each side is known as

(a)    hard disk

(b)    single-sided disk

(c)     double-sided disk

(d)    high capacity

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

23. The time for which a process has been receiving service from the processor is

(a)    access time

(b)    CPU time

(c)     down time

(d)    CPU Cycle

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

24. Which programming language is much in vogue among users of microcomputers?

(a)    ALGOL

(b)    APL

(c)     LOGO

(d)    FORTH

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

25. A table within a computer that contains a mapping between logical page addresses and physical page addresses is

(a)    truth table 

(b)    paging

(c)     page table

(d)    padding

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)